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After the ‘End of History’
After the ‘End of History’ is a podcast about International Relations Theory and History.
After the ‘End of History’
Reading Tooze: Part I - The New Age of American Power
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This week we discuss Adam Tooze's recent piece in The New Statesman, "The new age of American power," focusing on an idea he introduces here called the "third offset" as a grand strategy within the foreign policy establishment.
As Tooze writes, "The idea of the offset was that through technological superiority the US would maintain its decisive edge in a challenging, increasingly multipolar world."
In that context, our discussion revolves around the question of whether the United States is pushing toward a new "Cold War" with its near-peer competitor, China.
The music you hear on After the End of History is provided by Jason King.